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Chapter 170

Luan Tihu Chuquan wiped his eyes, finally squeezed out a little tears, and said in pain: "Cao Jun is despicable, he actually sent a sharpshooter out of the city to attack! My brother, you are so frustrated!"

There was a loud cry around him, and several witches jumped around the body of Jubei, while Jubei, who was lying on the ground, had been put on a new dress. No one could tell that his fatal wound was not an arrow wound, but a sword that penetrated his heart!

Several old subordinates of Qubei had already "dead in battle" under the city of Zhuangguan. The remaining leaders Qianhubadu and others also expressed their loyalty to Huchuquan very well, so they were all safe and sound. Everyone followed Huchuquan and walked around Huchuquan for a few rounds, then threw the torch on Qubei's body.

The firewood under the corpse of Goubei was already filled with oil, and it was burned immediately by the torch. Looking at the huge fire, Hu Chuquan thought to himself: It is said that the strongest archer in Cao's army is Xiahou Yuan. That Xiahou Yuan, this time I will let you get some advantage and give you a glory to kill Goubei!

Although the old nest of Guibei was raided by Cao's army, the young and majestic people around him were all good at fighting. Before the attack on the city, they accommodated about 4,000 people. When the attack on the city, more than 1,000 people were either killed or captured, and there were still more than 2,700 people in the camp. Now that Tubei is dead, it is reasonable for him to call Chuquan to annex these people. We cannot let these people be completely wiped out by Cao's army!

Luan Tihu Chuquan thought of this and couldn't help laughing out loud, but he immediately realized that the funeral had not been completed yet, so he could only pinch his thighs hard and try to maintain his sadness.

At this time, the Cao army was also busy cleaning the battlefield. All the wounded soldiers of the Cao army, whether they were minor or serious injuries, were carried to the medical camp after emergency treatment and tried their best to rescue them. As for the severely wounded soldiers of the Huns, everyone was not polite and stabbed them a few times and took their lives.

After a while, Cao's army killed 987 Huns (including seriously injured) and captured 149 people; 731 people were killed in battle, 426 were seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat power, and several other minor wounded people. As for the dead, because there were too many people, it was impossible to count, and there were no less than 10,000 people anyway!

The battlefield was filled with a strong smell of blood, especially the city gate that the enemy and us repeatedly competed for, which became a flesh-and-blood mill!

Cao Ang looked at Cao Gan's body, sighed, and said to Cao Ren: "Although he died bravely, opening the city gate is still a serious crime. To warn people later, I cannot agree to your suggestions!"

Cao Ren sighed and said nothing more: If Cao Gan was defined as a martyr, wouldn’t the soldiers who died in battle under Li Dian and Liao Hua’s command be wronged? They didn’t have to make so much sacrifice! Cao Gan, Cao Gan, why are you so confused!

At this time, Xi Zhicai said to Cao Ang: "Lord, I suggest that we send someone to the Huchuquan army, saying that we are kind and let them carry the body back. As long as we do not carry weapons, our army will guarantee not to attack on it on its own initiative! In this way, it will definitely hit the morale of the other party and prevent them from attacking rashly!"

Cao Ang nodded in agreement. In fact, cleaning up the corpses on the battlefield can effectively prevent the plague and avoid being defeated by the plague. At this moment, the monarch and ministers continued to patrol, mobilize the army, arrange defense, and condolences to the wounded. There were many things waiting for them to make a decision.

In Qinshui, north of Zheng County, Piaotian Literature Registered Member Recommended the second floor of the work. Xu Rong rubbed his sore waist and sighed in his heart: After all, he was old. He had just scored twice and could no longer straighten his waist. Looking at the dissatisfied Qimei saying that she had a headache, Xu Rong was helpless and could only lean on the wall and stared blankly.

I heard a woman next door say angrily: "Mother, did you agree that I won't pick up customers anymore! The one who came from the mountain yesterday was like I had never done that in my life, which made me feel painful. Today you said to introduce to me the financial supporters from the mountain, you are going to exhaust me to death!"

Then I heard the madam whispering from beside me: "Jiu Mei, whisper, whisper, don't let the officials hear it. The Black Mountain Army has been huddled in the mountains for so long, and it's been hard to come out and will definitely vent! This group of people snatched this family and that family, and they have money on them! My mother is most beloved by you, and this opportunity to make money will naturally be kept for you!"

The man named Jiumei said angrily: "This group of local buns knows how to talk nonsense. Yesterday, the one who did it said that their Black Mountain Army was about to come out of the mountain. He said that the entire Hanoi County was theirs by then. Isn't this nonsense? Even if you make a lot of money in socializing, it would be really boring!"

When Xu Rong heard this, he couldn't help frowning. Instead, he gently pushed Qimei down and asked in a low voice: "I heard that there have been many people coming to the mountains these days? Are they all Black Mountain Army?"

Every time Xu Rong comes, he pretends to be a businessman and never reveals his identity as a county magistrate. After all, the county magistrate is also a scandal if it is spread.

The seventh sister did not feel suspicious and whispered: "Do you know too? I advise you to clear the goods on hand as soon as possible. When the Black Mountain Army is in the limelight, you will come here to do business. Although making money is important, your life is even more important!"

Xu Rong nodded repeatedly, pretended to be curious, and asked in a low voice: "I heard that the county magistrate has strict control over the checkpoints. How could those Black Mountain troops openly sneak into our Qinshui?"

The seventh sister poked Xu Rong's forehead and smiled so hard that she trembled: "You, why are you as stupid as the county magistrate?! He only knows how to control the levels, but he just doesn't know how to control Qinshui! Among the ships that Qinshui goes up and down every day, I don't know how many of them serve the Black Mountain Army!"

When Xu Rong heard this, he suddenly realized that he was trapped in a misunderstanding of thinking. He thought that this was a mountainous area, but he didn't expect that Qinshui was a prosperous commercial waterway. Thinking of this, Xu Rong didn't care about lingering with the seventh sister anymore. After paying the money, he left Piaotian and registered literary member recommended the work.

After returning to the county government, Xu Rong did not make a rash order. Now Cao's mobile troops have been transferred to the Huns to fight, and there is only one battalion reserve team in his hands except for the garrison troops. It is simply impossible to rely on this number of people to completely block Qinshui.

After a brief thought, he said to his subordinates: "If you send the order, you will say that the Huns invaded Zhuo County, and our army is fighting bravely. Now you are preparing to raise funds for major merchants and ask them to report their own cargo size and number of people. If anyone hides and refuses to report, he will be punished ten times more severely!"

As soon as this statement was made, the aide Zhou Dao hesitated and whispered: "Sir, this is a bit inappropriate! General Cao did not order merchants to raise funds. If you issue this order without authorization, it will cause suspicion!"

Xu Rong did not hide his confidant staff, and told the whole story of the matter, then sighed: "Old Zhou, the situation is like this, it's very serious. During this period, we have neglected the monitoring of the waterways and only randomly checked the goods to collect taxes. Now we don't know how many thieves have sneaked into Qinshui. If they want to make a small fuss, that's fine; but if they want to get involved in Qinshui, we have to be vigilant and fight to the end! You must know that the crops in the military camp are almost ripe! If the thieves break through Qinshui, how can we still have the face to meet our lord?!"

Zhou Dao nodded repeatedly: "What are you talking about? These days, we have carefully built checkpoints in Xiangshanling and Yujun Mountain, locking the passage of the Heishan Army to the south from the land. Even if the Heishan Army's fine works sneak into Qinshui, as long as the checkpoint is not lost, the other party will not have much climate! Since the adults are prepared, why not mobilize the 500 reserve soldiers to enter the city to prepare for battle in the name of taxation. As long as we strictly guard against each other, we will be able to keep Qinshui!"

Xu Rong nodded and whispered: "Now all places are rushing to harvest crops. I guess after the bumper harvest, it will be the time for the enemy to attack! They are trapped in the mountains for so long, so they must want to grab more food. We still have two days to prepare. On the one hand, I am going to make an emergency to the base camp, and on the other hand, I search from house to house, and take advantage of the opportunity that they are not ready to be prepared and let them show their strength. So that the enemy army will attack in the future and we will be in trouble internally and externally!"

Zhou Dao hesitated and whispered: "Sir, don't be too busy to get in a hurry. If the information we have found is wrong, wouldn't it damage your majesty?"

Xu Rong smiled cheerfully: "I am old and don't care about these false reputations anymore. As long as I keep the water and protect the food in the military camp from being damaged, what's the harm even if my reputation is damaged?!"

In the afternoon of that day, the yamen runners took to the streets, beating drums and drums, and informing the merchants and people in Qinshui City of Xu Rong's new policy on fundraising.

Anyway, when the war starts, officials will take the opportunity to make a fortune, and the new policy of fundraising has not aroused everyone's suspicion.

That night, Qinshui County implemented a curfew in the name of preventing tax evasion and arrested 27 criminals that night. Eleven of them were gangsters, and the other sixteen were spies from the Black Mountain Army.

Xu Rong immediately ordered someone to torture them and sentenced them to death by torture them on the spot. The remaining nine people were tortured and confessed quickly.

According to their confession, the leaders of the Black Mountain Army, Huang Long, Zuo Xia, Guo Daxian, Li Damu, Yu Digen and others were leading their troops to assemble and advance towards Qinshui. The number of soldiers was no less than 30,000! Moreover, the army would launch an attack on Qinshui within two or three days.

There were about 200 people from the Seizuo who sneaked into the city, all of whom were under Guo Daxian, the Heishan Army. A few days ago, they began to sneak into Qinshui County to inquire about the news for the army. Now that the attack is approaching, they quickly connect the Heishan Army regardless of the order of the curfew.

After receiving the confession, Xu Rong was shocked. In addition, Xu Rong had only three thousand troops in his hands, and it was difficult for these people to deal with the large-scale attack of the Heishan Army. The main force of the Cao army was still in the confrontation between the Huns and could not come to support in the short term. What should I do?

After thinking about it, Xu Rong ordered people to copy a copy of the information and quickly sent it to Cao Ang; while ordering all checkpoints to retreat to ensure the strength of the two checkpoints at Xiangshanling and Yujunshan; at the same time, Xu Rong also ordered the 500 soldiers entering the city to immediately conduct an emergency search of Qinshui City according to the detailed list of confessions.
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